Fig. 1: Spontaneous crystallization of the C10-medium-chain triacylglycerol (MCT)/C10-medium- and long-chain triacylglycerol (MLCT) blend at 20 °C. | npj Science of Food

Fig. 1: Spontaneous crystallization of the C10-medium-chain triacylglycerol (MCT)/C10-medium- and long-chain triacylglycerol (MLCT) blend at 20 °C.

From: Spontaneous granulation of tricaprin and trilaurin medium-chain triacylglycerols with added medium- and long-chain species

Fig. 1

a C10-MCT / C10-MLCT Blend. b Simple C10-MCT. c Simple C10-MLCT. Keys: C10-MCT = high purity tricaprin material, C10-MLCT= triacylglycerols material containing heterogeneous fatty acid species caprin-caprin-myristin. The temperatures are the storage conditions for crystallization. Macroscopic appearance was visually observed at 20 °C. Microscopic appearance was visualized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) at room temperature. The polymorphism of each crystal was estimated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement.

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